In 2008, the mayor of Duluth asked Bentley to bring Bentleyville to the city's Bayfront Festival Park. Now, there's nearly 3 million lights blanketing seven acres on the shore of Lake Superior.

People pose for photos in a larger-than-life lighted holiday gift during the Bentleyville Tour of Lights at Bayfront Festival Park on Saturday in Duluth. A close-up of a few of the millions of ...

DULUTH — Ollie Morris realized, stringing lights around ... an alternative holiday event was just a joke. Benoit remembered the artists thinking, "What if we did our own Bentleyville and just ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- It's the most wonderful time of year everywhere, but especially in Duluth ... into a city of lights. The name of this holiday town is Bentleyville, and its mayor is Nathan ...

In its 17th year of existence, the annual Bentleyville Tour of Lights ... Minnesota Moment: America’s largest free light display being set up in Duluth The holiday event normally attracts ...

This year's display will be the event's biggest ever with 4 million lights. When Nathan Bentley first started stringing holiday ... Photos:Bentleyville lights up Duluth in 2014 It's become a ...

DULUTH – The Bentleyville Tour of Lights will have ... with the financial blows from the pandemic, she said the holiday light show gives visitors a reason to visit Duluth during a season they ...

December 26th is the last night of Bentleyville. It takes a lot of work to bring the holiday spectacular together ... Director of Bentleyville the Tour of Lights, said there have been people ...

DULUTH, Minn. — The man who has staged a free holiday light display in Duluth says he’s grown weary of the legal fight over access to the event. Nathan Bentley is in the last year of a ...

DULUTH, Minn — The city of Duluth has plenty of holiday spirit to share with ... including the famous Bentleyville Tour of Lights. Here's a look at a few of the events happening in Duluth ...

After a slow start, attendance at Bentleyville Tour of Lights on Duluth's bayfront has picked up. Bentleyville founder Nathan Bentley attributes the slow start to the event billed as "the Midwest ...

DULUTH — As Nathan Bentley strolls down an asphalt path along Lake Superior on a windy October morning, he is greeted with waves, jokes and questions. As the stitching on his red baseball cap ...